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President’s Message

Welcome everyone to

the New Year 2016!

Our January 5th general

meeting will begin with our annual January

theme of “What I got (or made) for the Holi-

day!” plus “Safety in the Shop” by our own

club Member-at-large and safety expert Jim

Cauley! If you can, bring in one of your holiday gifts,

i.e. tool, product, picture, or project; or, just show up

at the general meeting and describe it, even if you

bought it or made it yourself! It’s a fun, entertaining,

and informative time to learn how SAW members

have picked up other new ideas or something inter-

esting that other club members might also benefit in

knowing. Club member Jim Cauley has many years of

knowledge in woodshop safety. Jim will present infor-

mation on all sorts of aspects of woodworking safety,

including improving your woodshop to build safer and

(hopefully) saner projects. Come learn some great and valuable information!

Our last general club meeting in December

was quite a show! This year SAW donated 655

gifts that were comprised of more than 1,875 hand-

crafted toy components to the Salvation Army. The

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SAW Newsletter

Vol. 32 No. 1

January 2016

HART SENIOR CENTER

915 27th St, Sacramento, CA

(Between I & J Streets)

NEXT MEETING:

Tuesday, January 1, 2016

7:00 to 9:00 PM

HI! I am Dave McPher-

son, one of the Members-

at-Large on the SAW

Board of Directors. I was

born in Oceanside, Califor-

nia and raised in Encinitas,

about 15 miles south of

Oceanside.

In my former life, I had a

wonderful career in the

Fire Service of 33 years, and retired as Fire Chief.

After that, my partner and I had an Immigration Ser-

vice for 15 wonderful years.

Since I was a teenager, I had a love of woodwork-

ing. I worked for a family friend in his cabinet shop

after school and took wood shop classes in junior

and senior high school.

After my “third” retirement, I was working in my shop

at home, where I discovered that I might be able to

make some money making custom molding. The

rest is history. I outgrew the garage shop and I

have now moved into a 5,387 sq. ft. building we

make custom molding for old homes in the Sacra-

mento Valley. We also make and fix plantation

shutters.

I really enjoy the meetings with SAW and interacting

with all the members. I consider all you my best

friends.

The Sacramento Area Woodworkers, also known as SAW, is an 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is:

To provide the community an enriched educational and charitable experience through woodworking.

We also share woodworking experiences, information, instructions, plans, books, tools and lumber sources, and sharing in discounts resulting from volume buying.

2016 SAW BOARD

All listed are voting members of the Board. All Phone numbers are in 916 area code unless otherwise indicated.

SAW Staff Members: Volunteer members who work hard to help make the club enjoyable and run smoothly.

MEMBERSHIP

It is RENEWAL time! For all renewing members, the dues for SAW are $30 per calendar year (no prorated renewal). Any and all dependent family members, residing in the same address of a fully paid member, can join for an addi-tional 50% of annual dues. As a SAW member, you will enjoy the camaraderie of fellow woodworkers, discounts from local merchants, group buys on wood, and library privileges.

New Members will be prorated for the year:

Term Individual Family

Jan - Mar $30.00 $45.00 (or renewing member)

Apr - Jun $22.50 $33.75 Jul - Sept $15.00 $22.50 Oct - Dec $ 7.50 $11.25

No refunds will be given on membership dues.

The club is always looking for new members. Recom-mend us to all your woodworking friends!

Commercial Membership

Commercial memberships are available for $50 per year. This membership includes yearly advertising in the news-letter. Ads are to be business card size and may be changed from month to month, if desired. Contact Treas-urer Tom Harrington for more membership information.

Librarians Bob Beckert, Norm Steinbach, Dick Lewis, Joe Trevino

Toy Chairperson Steve Bockman

Small Raffle Sally Green

Large Raffle Judy Prichard

Badges Clayton Nye

Refreshments Neysa and Michael Bush

Web Master Matthew Burlingame

LIBRARY

Books, videos, and magazines are available *FREE* to members for one month at a time when checked out of the Library at the back of the meeting room. Be sure to return the items at the next meeting.

The new books this month are:

"Relief Woodcarving and Lettering," by Ian Norbury

"Beds and Bedroom Furniture (Best of Fine Woodworking)"

Please return all checked out books (from the November general meeting, etc.) at the January meeting.

General Meeting Program Schedule

Jan: Jim Cauley on “Safety in the Shop” “What I got or made for the Holidays”

Feb: Speaker TBD Contest: Made with Pocket Hole Joinery

Mar: Speaker TBD

May: Speaker TBD Contest: “2 x 4”

Newsletter Items

Contributions to the newsletter must be sent to the Editor. by the 20th of the month for inclusion in the following month's newsletter. Send to Andy Volk at [email protected]

If SAW had a position for official photographer, the position would be assigned to Steven Hitchens. Stephen takes most, if not all, of the photos appearing in the newsletter. If you like the pictures, be sure to give Stephen your thanks!

January 2016 SAW NEWSLETTER

President Charles Linn

Vice President Joe Orbeck

Secretary Richard Lovvo

Treasurer Tom Harrington

Program Chairman Clayton Nye

Editor Andy Volk

Member-at-Large Steve Bockman

Member-at-Large Michael Bush

Member-at-Large Jim Cauley

Member-at-Large David McPherson

Member-at-Large Bruce Muramoto

Member-at-Large Richard Shiraishi

Member-at-Large Jack Stellman

Member-at-Large Judy Wavers

mailto:[email protected]


January 2016 Calendar

1/02 Sat. 10 - 1 Novice SIG Returns in February

1/05 Tue. 7 - 9 General Meeting Ethyl Hart Senior Center 915 27th Street Sacramento, CA

1/09 Sat. 10 - 2 Scroll Saw SIG

1/14 Thur. 6:15 - 9 Board Meeting Denny’s Restaurant 7900 College Town Dr. Sacramento, CA 95826

1/16 Sat. 10 - 1 Furniture SIG On Hiatus

1/20 Wed. 10-1 Toy Workshop Woodcraft 9545 Folsom Blvd Sacramento, CA 95827 916-362-9664

1/23 Sat. 10 - 1 Sharpening SIG Returns in February

1/24 Sun. 2 - 5 Lathe Turning SIG

quality of the toys this year was beyond superb!

There were literally so many toys that we filled up

the bobtail truck that the Salvation Army brought

out to pick up the toys! See the pictures in this

newsletter to see just some of the outstanding items

that were made. A BIG thanks goes out our club

toy chairperson, Steve Bockman, and all his elves.

Steve did a lot of work coordinating the many toy

project meetings and workshops. Thank you Ste-

ve and all club members and supporters!

Time to Join or Renew Your SAW Annual

Dues! By having a 2016 SAW club card you qualify

for discounts from various tool and woodworking

supply companies, and enjoy great savings with some

local (and even national) hardware and lumber

stores, too. By having a low-cost SAW membership,

you save BIG $$$ in your wallet/purse! See the

SAW club treasurer at the general meeting (or pay

by mail). Remember: Your 2016 dues and any do-

nations are now tax deductible!

Big Appreciation to Special Interest Group

(SIG) volunteers! We are hoping for more mem-

ber-driven SIG’s this New Year. The SAW Club is

seeking club members willing to open up their home or workshop to other club members for SIGs. If

you can help out, please contact one of the SAW

board members.

Starting in January: The toy workshop will be

the third Wednesday of each month! It will be

held at the Woodcraft store in Sacramento from

10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The first meeting will plan

out the projects for 2016. (See the Toy Time article

on page 8.) On that special toy-making day at

Woodcraft each month, as a SAW toymaker mem-

ber you will enjoy getting 10% off in the Woodcraft

store on most store items. Come out, help make

some toys, and enjoy some great toy-building times

with other SAW members!

Get ready now for the February SAW general

meeting club contest: “Make Something with

a Pocket Hole Jig!” That means you must use

some sort of homemade or store-bought (e.g., Kreg,

General Tools) jig to build a wooden item that is

joined with pocket screws/fasteners! (Jigs can be

had for as little as $20 at Woodcraft or the big box

stores, or you may be able to borrow from another

member.) Have fun and let your imagination go wild!

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Classified Ads

SAW members have been coming up with many great ideas, such as how to network with other members out-side of SIGs, or creating ways to borrow set-up tools. Might we suggest using the classified ad section?

Ads can be run for more than one month. Just contact us each month and let us know the ad is still valid. Remem-ber, you must be a member to take advantage of our free ad space!

So be sure to build something before the February

SAW general meeting! Remember: there are cash

prizes given to the three most-voted-for-SAW mem-

ber-submitted-and-chosen club contest entries!

This begins the 34th year of SAW! Make 2016

your greatest year with SAW! There are BIG things

(another “BIG”!!!) planned this year for SAW! Invite

your family! Invite your friends! It is another year of

spectacular woodworking fun and pleasure to be en-

joyed by everyone! Make it a commitment this year

to put some “SAW” in your life. Don’t be shy and

enjoy some great projects and experiences with

SAW too! I hope to see you at a SAW meeting,

program, and/or event soon!

SIG Information

A “SIG” (Special Interest Group) is a gathering of woodworkers at a member’s workshop to discuss and do projects related to the Group’s interest. Any SAW member or guest of a SAW member may just show up at the meeting. Times and locations for each SIG is given in the Calendar on page 3.

Novice SIG Contact persons: Clayton Nye

The Novice SIG is returning on the FIRST Saturday of the month in February, 2016 with a new coordinator, Clayton Nye, with an entirely new forum of exciting monthly activities! The SAW Novice Group is open to anyone to participate. No tools or previous woodworking experience is expected or required. Each month SAW Novice Group participants will learn about essential woodworking-related hand tools, portable power tools, and even stationary machinery. In addi-tion, each month a new wood species, joinery process, glue-up method, hardware concept, finish material, and a host of other woodworking-connected things will be covered. Learn the ins and outs of what to do as a woodworker (and also, what to avoid!). Because this is a monthly hands-on group forum, don’t expect to sit too long before you are let loose and working the wood at each Novice SIG! And please know: If you should ever feel nervous, unsure, skeptical, or even afraid, no one will force you to go beyond your capabilities. The SAW Novice SIG is designed to help you suc-ceed as a woodworker; as a result, you get to work at your own personal pace and level. And best of all: each month after the SAW Novice Group session ends, you will be able to go home with another of your own self-created wood-working masterpieces in your hands, including a SAW Novice Group SIG certificate attesting to your latest monthly training and participation. Stay tuned for more details in the coming monthly SAW newsletters!

Scroll Saw SIG Contact person: Holly Lovvo

Happy New Year! First, there has been a schedule change for the Scroll Saw SIG. For 2016, we will be meeting on the SECOND Saturday of each month. Woohoo! For January, we will continue making children's suitcase toys, and also brainstorm on what the participants would like to see for projects this year. Don't forget, we can arrange to have the SIG at another shop if people get tired of driving to the middle of nowhere to our shop. Just let us know!

Speaking of our shop, please be careful during the rainy season and be sure to stay on our circular driveway or on the gravel by the shop. The inner circle and the fields are very soft, and we do not want to give Richard an excuse to use his 4-wheel drive to pull you out of the mud!

We have lots of scroll saws, so please join us for some great hands-on scrolling. See you soon!

Furniture Projects SIG Contact person: TBD ()

The Furniture SIG will return next year with new topics. Watch this space for more information.

Sharpening SIG Contact person: David Wilson

The Sharpening SIG will return in February 2016.

Lathe Turning SIG Contact person: Jack Stellman

The Lathe SIG will be now be coordinated by Jack Stellman and will remain on the fourth Sunday of the month. The January SIG will cover how to make a natural edge bowl. It will be held at Jack’s shop .


Sharpening Stones for Sale

Norton water stones, 220/1000 grit, 4000 grit, and 8000 grit retail at about $202.00. Will sell as a package for $100.00.

All proceeds go to support SAW.

Call Michael Bush @ 916-362-9664 or see me at the next meeting.

Help Wanted: I have been trying to find a local woodworker to hire for a very small project, but have not had any luck after calling a few woodworking shops around town and getting no re-sponse.

I have a painted wooden panel in my dining room that co-vers our water heater and it needs to include ventilation holes of some type. Since it's in a visible location in our home, I'd like a professional woodworker to create a decora-tive cutout instead of me just cutting holes into the wood.

Could you recommend one of your members who may be able to do this? We would pay what he or she thinks is fair for the job. Thank you!

Nur Kausar Ph: 702-985-9155; [email protected]


January Large Raffle Prize

Rockwell JawHorse Portable Workstation

Over 1 ton of maximum clamping force

Solid, all-steel construction provides rigidity and strength for the toughest job demands

Foot pedal lever creates extreme, hands-free clamp-ing force

Portable folding design for space-saving storage

Integrated roller for easy transportation

WOW Prize

BOSCH 6pc Spade

Bit Set

Badge Raffle

Werner Aluminum Work

Platform

39-1/2 in. long x 12 in. wide

20 in. high


First Alert 5 lb. Premium

Rechargeable Fire

Extinguisher

Safety Glasses with

Hearing Protectors

First Aid Kit

Bunch of Towels & 2 gal. bucket

6 each of White terry cloth &

Yellow microfiber


From the General Meeting — December 1ST

Salvation Army Toy Presentation There were a lot of toys and people volunteering to get the toys ready for presentation.

Many toys were made in our monthly Toy Workshops at Woodcraft Sacramento…

… and taken home to be painted by members and friends; or filled with quilts, dolls and stuffed animals.

Many SAW members contributed to making these toys, some of which are shown below …


From the General Meeting — December 1ST

(cont. from page 6)

Salvation Army Toy Presentation More of the SAW members that contributed to making these toys…

There was TV news coverage.

ABC10 News Fox40 News

Salvation Army Captains Thomas and Kimberly Stambaugh said a few words

… and there was Cake!

Woodworking Power Tools for Sale I need to sell off my late husband's wood working equipment. All are in good condition, only slightly used. Not sure how old but at least 10 years. My husband tended to collect more than use on regular basis. Rigid DP1500 15" Floor Model Drill Press $200 Powermatic 6" Jointer Model 54A $500 Dewalt 12 1/2" Heavy Duty Portable Thickness Planer $200 Dewalt DW 7350 Mobile Planer Stand $50 Dewalt 14" Band Saw $300 General Machinery 12"x36" Wood Lathe w/Rev Head $100 I need to sell my house and need to be able to clear out the garage by end of January. Joan Stone [email protected] work # 916-725-1541 cell # 916-792-6316


Toy Time

We had a great turn out for the toy send off. When you are reading this, the holiday season will ba-sically be over, and it will be back to work. The first meeting on January 20

th will be used to plan

2016 toy projects. Bring all your inputs, ideas and any improvements that are needed for a better toy production to the meeting.

Also, please contact me for any materials you will need for your toy projects on or before the Janu-ary workshop. I will be placing the first order of the year directly afterwards.

If you have some leftover wheels, axles or other parts you will not need, return them to me. I will distribute them for future toys.

Thanks for your work for the last toy year. We will need to put our heads together for the 2016 toys.

Steve Bockman



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Note: There is now an option to have only your name published in the membership list that is available to other members on request.

All renewals will be issued a new membership card. All renewing members are encouraged to turn in their old cards for a chance to win a free membership in the March General Meeting! The winner will be refunded their dues for the 2016 calendar year!

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